Cai Lun (?-121)
A native of Guiyang (Leiyang, Hengyang) in the Eastern Han Dynasty, his courtesy name was Jingzhong. During the reign of Emperor He, he served as a regular attendant and was once in charge of Shang Fang Ling, who was in charge of manufacturing imperial utensils. In the first year of Emperor An's Yuan Dynasty (AD 114), he was granted the title of Marquis of Longting. He summarized the experience of using hemp fiber to make paper since the Western Han Dynasty. Cai Lun invented papermaking technology, using bark, hemp heads, rags, and old fishing nets as raw materials to make paper. In the first year of Yuanxing (AD 105), he reported to the court, sometimes saying " It is known as "Cai Hou Paper". "Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of Cai Lun": "Since ancient times, deeds have been mostly compiled with bamboo slips; those made of silk are called paper. The silk is expensive and simple, and is not convenient for people. Lun is a creative idea, using tree skin, hemp and hemp. His head, cloth, and fishing net were used as paper." Later generations passed him on as the inventor of papermaking in my country.
Gu Lang (218-272)
Zi Xianyi, a native of Mashui, Leiyang, Guiyang County, Eastern Han Dynasty, was born in an official family. When Gu Lang came of age, it was during the period of the Three Kingdoms. Lang took charge of the state of Wu. He successively served as doctor, minister, Lingshi, county Zhongzheng, Changsha Liuyang Ling, Duwei, and Shangshu Lang. Later, he was transferred to the imperial court, where he worshiped Wuguan Xilangzhong, and moved to Dazhongzhengdafu, where he was responsible for detecting and recruiting talents. In the sixth year of Wu Yong'an (263), Lu Xing, an official in Jiaozhi County, betrayed the state of Wu. In November of the first year of Jianheng (269), Gu Lang led his troops through Panyu and Xangda, marched to Jiaozhi, and attacked Lu Xing. After the rebellion was over, Gu Lang moved to Jiuzhen to be the prefect. In the first year of Wu Fenghuang (272), Gu Lang died of illness and was buried in Leiyang. In order to show his achievements, people at that time engraved the "Stele of Wu Gu Jiuzhen Prefect Gufu Jun". The stele now exists in Leiyang County and is a provincially protected cultural relic.